Civil War
Henry W. Lawton
Captain · U.S. Army
Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry
3 August 1864 · Atlanta, Georgia
Public domain. Alden March Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Indiana
- Action
- Atlanta, Georgia
The citation
Official citation
Led a charge of skirmishers against the enemy's rifle pits and stubbornly and successfully resisted 2 determined attacks of the enemy to retake the works.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
